what I wore today!

Tonight I went out to meet up with my friend Tahlia. We went to Icey, our fave place!! Only we forgot that the Queensland Reds were playing across the road that afternoon. Nonetheless, we still had a fantastic evening! Also ran into Siany's hubby Matt and Richter who I went to Japan with! Along with their friend Anthony and his girlfriend Fiona. And then on top of that Tahlz and I ran into another uni friend of ours Stef, who was there on a date!!

My outfit for tonight was:

* black and white vintage dress that mum made;
* black stockings;
* black 'white suede' cropped jacket;
* black leather over the knee, high-heeled boots;
* Wayne by Wayne Cooper cocktail ring;
* H&M necklace;
* Ringleaders diamond white gold and gold ring.

Here is a photo of me and Queensland Reds player Radike Samo after the game!

Please excuse the horrible iPhone photo in which I look yellow!!!

xx love Breanna

Luggage - Take 2

Ok kiddies, it is cast a vote time again!!

I found two other sets of luggage I am considering, so please cast your vote!

I blogged about the original two sets here!!! So please take a look and decide between the four :)

Set 3:

The only issue with this set is that they don't have a large suitcase, so I would just get a plain black suitcase to team with the leopard print.

Set 4:

You can't really see the detail but there are circles woven into the fabric!

Anyway, let me know what you think? I can't decide!!

xx love Breanna

My Body

In general, I am happy. I know I could look A LOT ( and I mean A LOT!!!!!!!! ) better than I do! When I was swimming, I was really happy. I had killer abs, and nice legs! Now it is all a bit flabby and blah! But I know that if I wasn't so lazyI could easily lose a couple of kgs and tone everything back up again! I'll get around to it one day... But right now I enjoy being lazy :P

xx love Breanna

5 Guys I Find Attractive!

I've been very much looking forward to this post!!!

1. John Isner
I have always thought JI was very good looking from the first time I saw him play tennis live in January 2009.

2. Ben Te'o
He's just super cute and super buff, what more can I say!

3. Paul Walker
LOVED him in the original Fast & the Furious, and think he's only got better with age!

4. Gerard Butler
For someone who is 40-odd... I find him strangely attractive. I think the accent helps too!

Trying to decide the last person to make up the 5 is HARD!!! There is someone who isn't famous that I find VERY attractive... But not sure I should publicise that on world wide web. All my girls know who I am talking about... So instead, I'm going to go with:

5. Josh Duhamel
He's cute, and my type, what more is there to say!

xx love Breanna

Family

Family is very important to me. I have my actual immediate family: Mum, Dad and younger Brother. Then I have my extended blood family and my pseudo parents.

This is a family portrait from my 21st in 2009.

This is a photo of my pseudo parents and I:

My pseudo dad passed away in 2010 and I miss him everyday. He was always such an important part of my life.

xx love Breanna

iTunes shuffle

1. Kiss Me Thru The Phone - Soulja Boy
2. Cheap Wine - Cold Chisel
3. Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
4. Never Again - Kelly Clarkson
5. Just a Dream - Nelly
6. Beauty Queen - Ben's Brother
7. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
8. Hello (Club Edition) - Martin Solveig
9. Last Kiss - Taylor Swift
10. Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight - Amos Lee

xx love Breanna

Luggage

So as some of you know, I am going to be needing luggage very shortly. I haven't really looked very hard yet. But i have found two sets that I quite like. But I can't decide between the two, so help me out and cast your votes please!!!

OPTION ONE:

Lucca, from Strandbags

 OR;

OPTION TWO:

Kate Hill

So tell me which one you like better. Price is much of a muchness. Or if you don't like either, tell me to keep looking!!!!!

Feedback is greatly appreciated :)

xx love Breanna

Education

My parents always raised me to believe that education is important. They both went to University and they always encouraged my brother and I to attend. Actually, I would have been scared shitless to tell my Dad I wasn't going to Uni, so I just found something I wanted to do and did it.

Having said that, I completely agree. At 17 or whatever it was when I went to Uni, it was just because it was expected. But now I am completely thankful that I was raised to believe that education is important. Now I agree with my parents and think that education is important!!

I am also incredibly proud of my two pieces of paper!

I admit I never really tested myself, or pushed myself. I just did what I had to do to pass, which wasn't much. But it is amazing what you are capable of when you actually have an interest in the subject.

I'll definitely encourage any future children I may have to pursue further education after high school.

xx love Breanna

Food

So honestly, who actually cares what I ate today!! I didn't even eat anything overly exciting :P I did have some really yummy hazelnut lindt chocolate!! 

xx love Breanna

Five Pet Peeves

Pet Peeve #1: Tall Guys Dating Short Girls
This is by far my biggest pet peeve! In fact, nothing annoys me more! There are so few tall, attractive men I've met in my life that when I do find one and they're dating a short girl, it really annoys me! Leave the tall ones for the tall girls!!! Ok yes this is superficial, and most people probably think get over it. But I can't help it!

Pet Peeve #2: Being Called Steph Rice
So apparently I look like Steph Rice. I do not see it at all. My family do not see it at all. About the only thing we have in common is we're both fairly tall, with swimmers physique and dark hair. Apparently that makes me her. People at work ALWAYS call me Steph and make smart arse remarks like "Steph, why aren't you at training?". It drives me insane. I wear a name badge at work, and yet people still call me Steph, and they think its funny! IT'S NOT!

Pet Peeve #3: Stingy People

I am all for living within your means and everything, but someone who keeps count of every cent that every person in the world owes annoys me! Especially between friends!! If 6 friends go to dinner and share, the price gets split six ways - no more too it. Someone who whips out the calculator and says well actually the meal I ordered was 0.70c cheaper than yours so actually I owe you 10c less than everyone else. OH MY GOD - chill out. Friends will always pay friends back in some way or another! If you pay $10 more here, it will come back to you at some point. 

Pet Peeve #4: Slow Walkers
It really annoys me when people walk slowly in busy public places like shopping centres, from the train station to the football etc etc. It is one thing to just walk slowly, but to walk slowly and aimlessly without a care for those around you, well that just annoys me!!

Pet Peeve #5: Lame Pick Up Lines Relating To My Height
Being 6' tall, a lot of short men like to try height related pick up lines on me. I wish they wouldn't! It is super lame, and I have heard them ALL before! I hate having to feign interest as they tell me that height doesn't matter when you're in bed or that they like a girl they can look up to. Next time, don't bother, it gets you know where with me!

xx love Breanna

Mainstream Music

While I don't like all "mainstream" music there are some mainstream artists that I am a big fan of.

Taylor Swift for one, I am an unashamed T.Swift fan! I love her music so much!

I also really like Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Rihanna.

But having said that, I'm not a fan of people making music just for the hell of making music. My music tastes are wide and varied, which you will see when my iTunes shuffle post goes up in a few days!

xx love Breanna

30 Day Challenge: a message to an ex

Ok so firstly, this message isn't to a "defined" ex. But after everything we went through, he may as well be an ex. So the message I'd like to share with him is:

We've been through so much, both good and bad. We've had our ups, we've had our downs. We had times where we are inseparable, we've had times when we barely speak. But through it all the above has always remained true. For that, I am truly thankful to have you in my life.

You know more about me than everyone else in this world. I have shared some of my most inner, deepest thoughts with you. You've helped me through so much.

I love you, although not romantically like I once did, but rather as an amazing friend. Thank you, having you in my life means everything to me. It just took not having you in my life for awhile for me to realise how much I love having you in it.

xx love Breanna

WEEEEEEEEE!!!

Miami won! That is all!

xx love Breanna

Come On Miami!

Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals is on today, starting at 10am Brisbane time! Miami are playing against Chicago for the Eastern Conference Title. The first two games are played in Chicago, with the second two games played in Miami.

Unfortunately the HEAT went down in game 1, so they're trailing at the moment. But I've got my fingers crossed for a much bigger game from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade!!

Image from Google Images

To win a game in Chicago, on the road, away from home would be an awesome result! So fingers crossed!!

LET'S GO HEAT!!!!

xx love Breanna

My Day!

I am going to bullet yesterday (Wednesday, 18 May) instead of today, as I write my post the night before. That and I am working from 9 til 5 today with nothing exciting happening before or after work, so Wednesday although still boring, will be slightly more interesting than Thursday! Does that make sense?!

Here we go, my day:

* woke up at 9:30am;
* had a shower, got dressed;
* went to visit my grandmother with my mum- G'ma broke a vertebrae so she is bed ridden at the moment while it heals;
* paid some bills for her and did some shopping for her;
* went to my mum's work (she is does the books and wages for a life long friends chiropractic, naturopathy and massage business);
* had a 1 hours massage, while mum picked up the staff hours and paid bills etc;
* drove home, stopped on the way home to buy meat;
* got served by a REALLY REALLY cute butcher!!!;
* came home, found out Hellcats has been cancelled, not that I watch a show about teenage cheerleaders... cough!;
* watched the finale of Hellcats (well there goes the previous little white lie ;)!;
* ate dinner;
* got dressed for work;
* put my face on;
* went to work for 4 hours;
* came home from work, watched my recorded Spicks 'N' Specks, and then Angry Boys!!
* then I went to sleep.

And that's my day!

xx love Breanna

A Book I Love

is A Total Waste of Makeup by Kim Gruenenfelder. I stumbled across this book while I was traveling with friends in Canada in January 2008. We were staying at a hostel in Big White, BC and one afternoon I walked into the "library" at the hostel looking for something to read. I should probably point out that I am not a big reader, having studied Law at uni reading is not something I find overly enjoyable. When I do read I like it to be fun, and light - your typical chick lit/rom com... Although having said that I am a big fan of the Harry Potter books, so...

Anyway, I found this book late into our stay in Big White and found I couldn't put it down. I got about half way through when our time there was up, so begrudgingly I left it behind. When we arrived in Seattle we went shopping and stumbled across a Boarders store. My friend wanted to buy a book to read on the plane on the way home as the end of our adventure was fast approaching. So we went in, and I found the book and bought it because I just had to finish it!!

It is your typical chick lit, but I really like and totally understand the author when she says that some days are "a total waste of makeup!"

xx love Breanna

Travel Snap Tuesday: Niseko

In February a group of friends and I headed to Japan. We spent 3 days in Tokyo and then 6 days in Niseko skiing!! It was amazing. So I thought, for this Travel Snap Tuesday that I would share some scenic shots of the slopes of Niseko!

I had the time of my life, and love skiing and snow so much!! There is something so peaceful about snow!!

xx love Breanna

Something I Feel Strongly About

I'm not really sure where I should start with this post, there are so many things that I feel strongly about... Some of them are trivial, some of them are important. Some of them are heartbreaking, some of them make you smile. I guess something that has been weighing on my mind A LOT lately is doing stuff for people in need

I am blessed. I am happy, healthy and have been spoilt to some extent growing up. Other people aren't so lucky. I feel like anyone who can should be helping those in need. So many people are in a worse off state than so many of us, whether it is ill health, down on their luck or growing up in a 3rd world country. Anything anyone can do to put a smile on someones face should be done... That is something I feel very strongly about.

xx love Breanna

Five Ways To Win My Heart

Day 1 of my 30 Day Challenge, here we go!

Five Ways To Win My Heart:

1. Be Honest:
I will always live by the idea that "honesty is the best policy". Someone who is completely honest with me will have a much better chance with me!

2. Treat Others as You Wish to be Treated:
My friends and loved ones ALWAYS come first! I will always go out of my way for someone I love and more often than not I will do things to keep those I love happy rather than to keep myself happy. It might not be a healthy trait of mine, and I have decided to try and start putting myself first more often, but I will always treat people the way I want to be treated and it is a trait I want in any potential boyfriend!

3. Be Affectionate and Caring:
I like being affectionate and caring and I like a guy who isn't afraid to show me how he feels. It doesn't mean I want to be one of those "PDA" type couples. But a guy who is affectionate and caring towards me, animals, kids etc is highly desirable to me.

4. Be Tall:
Ok, I know this is very superficial, but I am 6' tall and LOVE to wear heels. A sure fire way to my heart is to be taller than me in heels!! I'll be honest, its not a deal breaker... but there has only been 1 guy who is shorter than me that I've really "liked", that I've not cared about the height issue. So the odds are stacked against shorter guys... It's not a look thing, it's just that at 6' tall and of an athletic build, I like to feel feminine and that isn't always easy... Tall guys help that!!

5. Be Sports Orientated:
Most guys out there are looking for a girl who will watch sport with them... I on the other hand am a girl who needs a guy who will watch sport with me!!

xx love Breanna

How is the weekend over already?

I only had one day off this weekend, which made this weekend much shorter... But even though it was short, I still had a good one :)

Last night was a family friend's engagement party. I spent most of it talking to my pseudo mum and dad's son. So I guess that makes him my pseudo brother... He is much older than me and that was really the first time that we've had a full on chat in years. I really enjoyed chatting to him, it was nice. I see so much of his dad him... It really made me miss his dad even more than I already do...

I really should have taken a photo of my outfit, but I didn't... I wore black stockings, black to the knee pointy leather boots, a pinky-orangey dress and a black trench over the top. (The party was outdoors, and it was cold!!)

Hope you all had a great weekend.

xx love Breanna

30 Day Challenge

So I was looking at my friend Sophia's tumblr, and stumbled across her posts of a 30 Day Challenge. I like the idea, so I am stealing it and adding it to my blog. Here is the challenge:

I will start blogging about these tomorrow.

xx love Breanna

Very, very pretty!

So tonight I was browsing the internet looking at dresses for a wedding I am going to in August. I've never been to a winter wedding before, so I was looking at styles that I thought would be appropriate for an August wedding in Brisbane.

Because I am in the midst of a spending ban, mum, who is an INCREDIBLY talented sewer, had agreed to make me something to wear. So I thought I'd have a look and and see if I could get some inspiration for what I would like.

While I was looking I stumbled across the dress and I pretty much fell in love:

It is a French Connection dress, from their UK website. Unfortunately it is sold out (I actually have no idea how old it is, as I found it in a Marie Claire photo gallery). But I just love it!! It is so beautiful!

Who knows what I will end up with for the wedding, it won't be this dress, but I definitely love it and just had to share!!

xx love Breanna

Travel Snap Tuesday: Osaka

I have been very fortunate to travel to Japan, not once but twice. The first trip, in 2009, was with my friend Kat and it was her 21st birthday present from her mum. While we were there we visited Tokyo and Osaka. The second trip was the most recent trip, which was in February 2011. On that trip we visited Tokyo and Niseko.

For today's Travel Snap Tuesday, I thought I would concentrate on Osaka.

Osaka was the second part of our trip in 2009. It started with a bullet train ride from Tokyo to Osaka.

 

This was an ad for Nintendo DS on the bullet train we caught. The story behind this photo is that 2 really good friends of mine went to a 21st just prior to this trip, dressed identically, on purpose in vests... I tried to tell them that vests just weren't cool, but they wouldn't believe me. THIS IS PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF!!! haha.

We stayed at a really gorgeous hotel in Osaka. The hotel was built around a chapel/chuch.

One of the highlights of our stay in Osaka was the trip to Universal Studios!

Even though we didn't understand any of the shows, or any of the information as it was all in Japanese. We still had heaps of fun running around, seeing shows and taking stupid photos like these:

Osaka was a lot of fun. I look forward to sharing photos from Tokyo and Niseko on another Travel Snap Tuesday!

Travel Snap Tuesday is the brainchild of Little Miss Moi and is about sharing a moment in time through a photo (or three). If you want to join in, simply post a photo of anywhere you have been. Then head over to her blog and share your link so we can all enjoy each others travels. 

xx love Breanna